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Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia

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Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia

TNT / Cadence13

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.618.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Steve Hodel receives a phone call that pulls him out of retirement to investigate the Black Dahlia, a murder that had been ice cold for more than 50 years. The deeper Steve gets, the more he comes to accept his father was a sadistic killer.

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0:00.0

Rudevival is a production of C-13 originals, a division of Cadence 13, in partnership with TNT.

0:14.0

This story contains strong language and graphic and potentially disturbing content.

0:21.0

Disgression is advised.

0:30.0

A $5,000 reward will be offered on the program immediately following this announcement.

0:42.0

You out there.

0:43.0

You who think you've committed the perfect crime, the perfect murder.

0:47.0

That there are no clues, no witnesses.

0:50.0

That your identity is unknown.

0:52.0

Listen.

0:53.0

Sun.

0:54.0

Yes, you wherever you may be, no matter where you're hiding.

0:58.0

Somewhere, sometime, someone's listening to this program is going to bring you to justice.

1:03.0

We ask you then to please listen carefully, for you may be the one to win this reward.

1:09.0

This is a radio show called Somebody Nose, from 1950.

1:15.0

Three years after Elizabeth's short spotty was discovered on January 15, 1947,

1:21.0

the investigation was ongoing and the public was still captivated by it.

1:27.0

It is our intention to keep the files open with the death of Elizabeth's short till we obtain the arrest and conviction of her killer.

1:35.0

The considering investigation would be still very much alive, although at this time the identity of the murderous still remains unknown.

1:42.0

Unknown?

1:44.0

No.

1:45.0

The killer of Elizabeth's short is not unknown.

1:49.0

Somewhere in whatever town or city this person is hiding, someone of you has seen here today has spoken to it, even lunch and dinner with him.

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